Population
10,063 residents
Census ACS 2023 - Maryland
City profile · Maryland · Census ACS 2023
Population, income, housing, safety, climate and schools for Burtonsville - drawn straight from Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES, HUD and FEMA, refreshed on the 2024–2025 release cycle.
Burtonsville - the verdict
Burtonsville ranks in the 90th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Burtonsville is a small town in Maryland, home to 10,063 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Burtonsville households earn a median of $130,000 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.8%. Burtonsville's housing stock carries a median value of $481,800, and the median resident age is 37.9 years. About 46.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 72.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 3 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Maryland carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 105.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,857 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Maryland run around $255, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 72.4 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
Population
10,063 residents
Census ACS 2023 - Maryland
Median Household Income
$130,000 /yr
Poverty 2.8%
Cost of Living Index (state)
105.0 (US=100)
Above Average - BEA RPP 2024, Maryland average
Burtonsville measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
For each metric we count every US city with population 1,000+ and a non-null value, then compute what share of them fall below Burtonsville's value: round(cities-below ÷ total × 100). Safety is inverted (percentile = share of cities with a higher crime rate) so a higher number always means safer. The in-state rank narrows that same crime-rate comparison to only the cities PlainCities tracks in Maryland, breaking ties alphabetically. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
90th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Burtonsville's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$481,800 16th percentile more affordable than 16% of 15,600 US cities
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Based on 5,629 workers 16 and over.
State-average estimates for Maryland - EIA 2023 residential energy data
Estimates reflect Maryland state averages. Actual costs vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Cost of living is a Maryland state average from BEA; rent and hazard risk are county-level figures from HUD and FEMA for the county Burtonsville sits in
Population-matched peers from other states, closest to Burtonsville's 10,063 residents (Census ACS 5-Year 2023).
Median-household-income-matched peers from other states, closest to Burtonsville's $130,000 (Census ACS 5-Year 2023, table B19013).
City-level race and ethnicity, Census ACS 5-year 2023 (tables B02001, B03001), OMB Directive 15 categories.
Population + median household income, sourced from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 (population) and B19013 (median household income).
| City | Population | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| Burtonsville (this city) | 10,063 | $130,000 |
| Fallston | 9,954 | $154,400 |
| Marlton | 10,223 | $119,486 |
| Mount Airy | 9,746 | $154,514 |
Burtonsville, MD has a population of 10,063 according to U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.
The median household income in Burtonsville is $130,000 per year, based on Census ACS 2023 data.
BEA does not publish a city-level cost-of-living figure for Burtonsville; the closest available measure is the Maryland state average, a cost of living index of 105.0 (U.S. average = 100), rated "Above Average" based on BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 data. Costs within Maryland vary by metro area.
Burtonsville's median home value sits at $481,800, according to Census ACS 2023 estimates.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.
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